Awning-bracket



(No Model.)

0. K. HARRY.

AWNING BRACKET. No. 552,997.. Patentefi Jan. 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE,

OXVEN K. HARRY, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

AWNING-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,997, dated January 14, 1896.

Application filed September 28, 1895. Serial No. 564,004. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, OWEN K.1IARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Awning- Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to awning-b acket-s, particularly to those which are to be permanently affixed to a building, my object being to provide an awning-bracket that is rigid and strong, adjustable to different inclinations, firmly braced, and so constructed that it can be folded into small compass for shipment or storage.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the details of construction and combination of parts herein described and more definitely pointed out in the claims. V

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bracket. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof adjusted to the wall of a building. Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing the bracket in folded position. Fig. at is a sectional detail showing a modified foot-brace. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of a modified wall-fastening for the foot-brace.

Referring to the parts by numerals, 1 designates the top member which serves to support the awning or root and inclines downwardly a suitable distance, according to the pitch and width of the awning which is to be supported. Pivotally joined to its inner end 2 is a retaining pin or bar 3, which is adapted to go through the wall of the building and to be secured on the inner side thereof by a transverse bolt ii: passed through one of the holes 5. A plurality of holes 5 are provided in bar 3 for adjustment of the bracket to different thicknesses of walls, and a wear-plate G is threaded over said bar to bear against said wall to receive the wear of bolt 4. and to distribute the outward thrust thereof over a larger wall-surface.

Toward its outer end top member 1 is provided with a plurality of perforations 7, for purposes of vertical adjustment thereof, which are adapted to receive the outer end of footbrace 8, which is adjusted thereto by means of bolt 9. This foot-braces is composed of a forward single-piece member and a rear member 12, which may consist either of a single piece 13, Fig. 4c, overlapped on the forward member 10, or of two parallel pieces 14, Fig. 1, embracing said forward member between them. These forward and rear members are suitably joined together by bolts and are provided at their overlap ping ends with a plurality of bolt-holes 16 for purposes of longitudinal extension of said foot-brace. A middle diagonal brace or suspender 17 is joined at its lower end to foot brace 8, about midway thereof, by bolt 18, and at its upper end to top member 1, and may be secured by pivot-bolt 19 at end 2, or by a separate bolt through perforation 20, adjacent to said end. Foot-brace 8 is provided at its inner end with a suitable means for fastening it to the wall. This means is preferably a twisted plate 21 perforated at 22 to receive a retaining bolt or screw Plate Bl may be integral with the single-piece rear member 13,

as in Fig. 4-, or it may be a separate part bolted between the ends of the two-piece member 14, as in Fig. 1; or said two-piece member is may be perforated at its inner ends and bolted, as in Fig. 5, directly to a projecting cornice or window-casing or other convenient projection.

My'improved bracket is made of flat bar steel or iron of suit-able thickness and width adapted to the size of bracket and load to be supported. For purposes of transportation or storage the bracket is folded together in small compass by withdrawing bolt 18 so as to release the lower end of diagonal brace 17, which is then swung up in alignment with top member 1, with retaining-bar lying between them, and foot-brace S is then closed against said parts until the whole bracket is bunched together, as shown in Fig. 3.

In use my improved awning is easily placed and adjusted/ Retaining-bar 3 is suitably adjusted through the wall over the window or door, or along the front of a store, and top member 1 is bolted thereto by bolt 19, diagonal. brace 17 being at the same time secured by the same bolt. Foot-brace 8 is then adj usted in place and secured by bolts 9 and 18 to top member 11. and diagonal brace 8, respectively, and by plate 21 and screw to the buildin g-wall. secured in horizontal alignment with each Several brackets are thus other, and the awning is adjusted thereover or the roof built thereon. If the pitch thereof is found tobe too steep, foot-brace 8 is moved into an inner perforation'7 and diagonal brace 17' is adjusted outwardly in perforations 16, or'the same result 7 may be attained without disturbing the outer end of foot-brace 8 by extending the members of said foot-brace relatively to each other by means of perforations 16.

Having fully described my invention, what- I claim is 1. In an awning bracket, the combination with a top member adapted to support the awning and provided at its inner end withan adjustable retaining bar adapted to go through the building'wall and to be secured on the inner side thereof, of a foot brace attached at one end near the outer end of said top member and provided at its other end with a retaining device by which to secure the same to the building wall,and a longitudinally extensible diagonal brace secured at its lower end to the middle portion of said foot brace and at its upper end to the inner end of said top member, and comprising two sections which overlap and are capable of relative longitudinal adjustment, said top member, foot brace aud diagonal brace being relatively adj ustable to each other at their connecting points, substantially as described.

2. In an awning bracket, the combination with a top member adapted to support the awning and provided at .its inner end with. an adjustable retaining bar provided with a plurality of bolt holes in its inner end and adapted to go through the building wall and to. be secured on the inner side thereof, of a foot brace attached at one end near the outer end of said top member and provided at its other end with a retaining device by which to secure the same to the building wall, said foot brace comprising a'forward member and a rear member longitudinally adjustable relatively to each other, and a diagonal brace secured at its lower end to the middle portion of said foot brace and at its upper end to the inner end of saidtop member, said top 7 plurality of bolt holes in its inner end and adapted to go through the building wall and to be secured on the inner side thereof, of a 7 foot brace attached at one end near the outer end of said top member and provided at its other end with a retaining device by which i to secure the same to the building wall, said foot brace comprising a forward member and a rear member longitudinally adjustable relatively to each other, the rear member being composed of two parallel bars adapted to receive said forward member between their outer ends, and a diagonal brace secured at its lower end to the middle portion of said foot brace and at its upper end to the inner end of said top 'member, said top member, foot brace and diagonal brace being relatively adjustable to each other at their connecting points, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OWEN K. HARRY. \Vitnesses:

J. A. RUFF, DWIGHT LYMAN LEWELLING. 

